Heart Home magazine Issue 12 - June 2014 | Page 24

While the couple still have plans to knock down the 1960s flat roof extension and put in a kitchen and another bedroom and bathroom upstairs, for the moment much of the structural work is complete, leaving Louisa to inject her modern country living style on this centuries-old building. “I love mixing antique and vintage pieces with lots of textured materials and pops of colours,” she says. “There are always lots of new purchases as it’s a bit of an occupational hazard. My most recent purchase though is a metal frame coffee table with a grey and white striped top. I designed it and West Egg now stocks them.” 24